Impact of planar microcavity effects on light extraction - Part I: Basic concepts and analytical trends

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1612-1631

  Benisty, H ^a   De Neve, H ^b   Weisbuch, C ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE DE LA MATIÈRE CONDENSÉE   (France)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cavities; Distributed feedback devices; Fabry Perot resonators; Light sources; Light emitting diodes; Microcavities; Semiconductor device modeling; Semiconductor films

Indexed keywords

CAVITY RESONATORS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; LIGHT REFLECTION; MIRRORS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; SEMICONDUCTING FILMS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS;

FABRY-PEROT RESONATORS; LIGHT EXTRACTION; PLANAR MICROCAVITY EFFECTS;

LIGHT EMISSION;

EID: 0032162748     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.709578     Document Type: Article

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